Cream separating milk bottle



March 19, 1935- E. SCHEEMACKER CREAM SEPARATING M ILK BOTTLE Filed Nov. .22, 1955 2 Sheets-Sheet l F'yl.

March 19, 1935. E. SCHEEMACKER CREAM SEPARATING MILK BOTTLE Filed May. 22, 1933 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Mar.19,1935 r I V I a 1,994,621

1 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE .1 I 1 I 16 994 21 7 p CREAM sErAa 'rmG MILK BOTTLE.

l I Emile Scheemacker, Blackstone, Mass. Application November 22, 1933, Serial No. 699,292 sci-aims (01. 215-31) The present invention re'late'sto containers and designated 19 having at the side thereof oppomore particularlyto milk bottles in which milk site to the mouth 18 an outturned lip 20, and is delivered to individual consumers and in'which around which is an internal seat 21 suitable for the cream rises to the top portion of the bottle. the reception of a closure as is common practice 5 The object of the invention is toprovide a with such containers. 'I'he'walls 16 and 17 of 5 bottle and means cooperating therewith whereby the passage 15 form a seat 22 about the mouth the consumer may pour either milk or cream 18 of the passage. The container is adapted to from. the same bottle without the necessity of be filled in' the ordinary manner and when filled skimming the cream from the milk. the mouth'19 of the cream chamber and the Another'object is to provide means for posimouth 18 of the passage are closed by suit- 10 tivelypreventing the cream and milk'from mixably shaped caps'23 and 24'inserted upon the ing due to the tilting of the bottle incident to seats 21, 22 respectively. 'The cap designated23 the pouring operation. has a projection 25. suitable to cover this lip when In the accompanying drawingsz the bottle is closed. 15 Figure 1 isan elevation'ofa portion of a milk Describing the means by which the consumer 15 bottle embodying the invention. may pour cream or milk fromthe bottle, 26 des- Figure 2 is an elevation of a portion of the ignates a cap-like member whichis adapted to structure shown in Figure 1 taken from the oppobe positioned upon the top of the bottle over the site side. v mouths 19 and 18. To hold the cap 26 in place; Figure 3 is a top plan view. r 1 a harnessmember, shown in Figure '1, is strapped 20 Figure 4 is a sectional view. around the neck of the bottle below its oppo- Figure 5 is a sectional view taken on the line sitely flared top. The harness member com- 55 of Figure 4. g, I prises two suitably shaped strap members 27; Figure 6 is a sectional view takenon-the line which are hinged together at one side and have 6-6 of Figure 4. a latch designated generally 28 at the other: Ad- 25 Figure '7 is a perspective view of the harness iacent the hinge is mounted a cross strap 29 device for fastening the cap to the bottle. adapted to be swung over the cap member 26 Figure 8 is a sectional view showing a filled by means of a hinge 30 and to be latched thereand capped bottle as delivered to the consumer. on by means of the latching member; designated 30 Figure 9 is a plan view of the filled and capped 31 and notches 32 in'the strap member 29. I 30 bottle shown in Figure 8. I The cap member 26 has a central bore 33. which Figure 10 is a sectional view showing a modiis threaded for the reception of a thumb screw fication. I I 34 which has a socket 'at .the lower end thereof Describing the drawings more particularly, the designated 35. The strap member29 has an'ap- 35 numeral 11 indicates the body portion of a milk erture 36 therein which, when the device is mount- 35 bottle. Above the body portion 11 of the bottle ed upon the bottle registers with the bore 33 to and connected thereto by a necked-in portion 12 permit the passage of the thumb screw 34. is a cream chamber 13 of proper size to contain A valve member designated 37 of a suitable the cream which rises from the milk in the botsize and shape to close the opening -14 in the tle. The ndcked-in portion 12 is angular in necked-in portion 12 is intended to b'e' inserted 40 shape and preferably square as shown in Figinto the cream chamber to cut off communica ures 5 and 9 and a port ltsimilar' in shape to tion between the chamber and the body. portion the exterior form of the necked in portion con- 11 of the bottle. This valve portion 37 ismountnects the cavity of' the body portion. with-that ed upon a'bifurcat'ed rod 38 ofproper-length to of the cream chamber. T extend up through the cream chamber and be 45 Integrally formed with the bottle and at one engaged by the socket 35 of the thumb screw 34. side of the cream chamber is a passageway 15 When the consumer wishes to mount thisdewhich connects at its lower end with the cavity vice upon the milk bottle, he removes the caps in the body 11 of the milk bottle. The passage- 23 and 24. He then inserts the valve member 3 7 way 15 is separated from the cream chamber into the opening between the cream chamber and 50 13 by a wall 16 and has outer walls 17 which terthe body of the bottle by means of the rod 38 and minate at the top in a triangular mouth 18 on places the cap 26 in position over the top of the a plane with the tops of the walls of the cream bottle. The harness member is placed upon the chamber 13. bottle with the straps 2'7 encircling the neck At the top of the cream chamber 13 is a mouth thereof, and the strap'member 28 swung across the top of the cap 26 and latched down by the latching means 31 and 32. The thumb screw 34 then may be tightened, bearing against the rod 38 and securing the valve member 37 within the opening 14. I

The cap member 26 has flap valve members 39 and 40 which close the lip portion 20 of the cream chamber mouth and the mouth 18 of the passage 15 respectively. The valve members 39 and 40 are preferably hinged to the cap 23 as shown at 41 and 42 so as to swing upwardly. The valves bear tongues 43 which extend beyond and are downwardly inwardly bent so as to form clips which engage beneath the outward flare of the bottle top to hold them in closed position.

It is thought that the method ofuse of the device will be obvious. Assuming that the contents of the bottle is in the condition shown in Figure 8, with the cream C. in the cream chamber-and the line of separation from the milk M at approximately the line X-X, the consumer removes the paper closures and mounts the cap and valve device as above described. When the consumer has placed the valve in position and attached the cap, he may by tilting the bottle in the proper direction andopem'ng the proper valve, obtain either'cream or milk as he desires. .The cream cannot mix with the milk due to the tilting. of the bottle because-of the valve member 37 which separates it.

- In Figure 10 is shown a modification in which the use of the cap member. 26 is avoided, thus affording aless expensive device.

In the modified form,instead of using the cap 26, the paper cap here designated 44 with which the bottle is originally closedyis used. In this form the bifurcated rod 45 is tapered-to a point at its end'and threaded as shown at 46. A bearing member 47 is mounted upon the rod, its top surface being on a plane with the surface of the seat2l.1

After the consumer has insertedthe-valve mem-. ber 48, he presses the cap 44 upon the sharpened end of the rod 45 and forces it down upon the member 48, the sharp end of the rod puncturing the cap. He then may thread the nut 49' upon the end of the rod and tighten it, clamping the rod and cap together. The cap 44 engages the walls of :the mouth 19 withsufiic'ient friction to hold the valve member 48in:the. opening 14. The lip portion 50 may be. bent up to form an operable closure similar to the flap 39 to close the "cream chamber when. milk is being poured through the passage 15. The cap 26 is used as a closurefor the passage 15 when th creamisbeing poured from the lip 18. From the foregoing, it is thought that'the constructiomoperation and many advantages of the herein described invention will be apparent to those skilled in the-art without further description, and 'it-will be understood-that various changes in the size, shape, proportion and minor details of construction may-be resorted to Without departing from the spirit or'sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

WhatI claim, is: v

1. In combination with a container'having a body, a superposed cream chamberconnected munication between the b0 with the body by a necked-in portion and having a mouth at its top and a passage communicating with the body below the necked-in portion and terminating adjacent the mouth of the cream chamber; a valve member adapted to be seated portion to cut oficonimunicain the necked-in tion between the body cream chamber, and means at the chamber for opening the valve.

2.-.In combination with aacontainer having 'a of the container and the top of .the

body, a. superposed creamzchambe r connected.

with the body by a necked-in portion 'andlha'ving :a, mouth at its top and a passag'ejcommuni'cating r with the body below the necked-in'portion and terminatingadjacent the mouth ofthe cream chamber; means for closing the mouth "of the r 1 cream chamber and the passage, and a valve.

adaptedto be seated' in the necked-in portion to close communication'between the cream chamber and the body and having means at the top of the chamber for operating it. if,

i 3.111 combination with a bottle having abbey; a superposed cream chamber connectedwith the body by a necked-in portion and'having a mouth at its top-and a passage communicatingwith the body belowthe necked-in portion and, terminat:

i adjacent the mouth of the creamschamberia closure cap adapted to be securedto-thecream chamber and to close. the mouth thereof and'the passage; and having openings communicating with the mouth-and passage,.wrespectively, the said openingshaving separately-operable closures and a stopper member secured toand supported-by the closure cap and adapted tobeseated in the necked-in portionto cutoff communication between the body of the container and the cream chamber. 7

; 4. In combination with a container having a body and a superposed cream chamber connected with the body and havingsa-mouth at'its top', a closure cap adaptedqto be secured, to the cream chamberand to close the mouth thereof, the said cap having a valved pouring opening therein, and a stopper-V member secured to and supported by the closure cap and adapted to be seated inthe necked-in portion to out. oil communication between the body of the container and the cream hambenqw. 5 In combination with a container having a bodyand a superposed'creamchamber having'an outwardly flared top and amouth and connected with the body by a necked-in portion, and a passage communicating with the body at a point below the .neck and; extending upwardly to a point adjacent the. mouth of the cream chamber, a

closure comprising I a demountable band; sur-' rounding thepassage-and cream chamber below the outwardly flared top of the latter, ayoke V hinged to the band on. one side. and'detachably secured thereto on the other'side, a cap secured to tached to the cap and operating to close off comy of the c'ontainer'and 60 the yokeand' having separately operable hinged 1 flaps acting as closures for-the passage and cream chambers-respectively, and a stopper member atl 

